Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Pat Sloan Quilts and Blankets need ASAP

My Friend Victoria Findlay Wolfe was in Houston with me when Hurricane Sandy hit our area. It was surreal to be away from our family and homes when it hit. My area of Virginia did not get much damage, some power outages

Victoria lives in Manhattan, her loft was ok, her family was ok, but her neighbors were hit hard.

If you have followed me for awhile, you know I've helped Victoria support Basic Housing in NYC with Quilts. This great organization is willing to get quilts and blankets out to those that need them.

Here is Victoria in her own words...

I hope you will look around your home and find a quilts and blankets that can go to a good use.

Super Storm Sandy and my area of the world.

Having missed the entire storm, by being in Houston for Market, I felt helpless as my family were in NYC without me. I started to organize a quilt drive for our area while I was still in Houston.

Once home, I realized how seriously the storm affected my neighborhood, my friends, and fellow New Yorkers, CT, PA and NJ... Homes have been wiped off the face of the earth, people are cold, and wet, and we have rain and snow coming. I need to be able to help NOW.

I just had a call from Raul Russi, Head of the Acacia Network, whom I had previously partnered with on my BUMBLEBEANSBASICS.com Quilt Drive for homeless families being taken out of shelters and put into transitional housing.

He said, "We have 150-200 quilts here, right now. And since the rest of my families are INSIDE already, can we deliver these quilts in our medical trucks to the people in the Rockaways, NOW?" I said, "YES! Let's go!"

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Pat Sloan Quilts and Blankets need ASAP

My Friend Victoria Findlay Wolfe was in Houston with me when Hurricane Sandy hit our area. It was surreal to be away from our family and homes when it hit. My area of Virginia did not get much damage, some power outages

Victoria lives in Manhattan, her loft was ok, her family was ok, but her neighbors were hit hard.

If you have followed me for awhile, you know I've helped Victoria support Basic Housing in NYC with Quilts. This great organization is willing to get quilts and blankets out to those that need them.

Here is Victoria in her own words...

I hope you will look around your home and find a quilts and blankets that can go to a good use.

Super Storm Sandy and my area of the world.

Having missed the entire storm, by being in Houston for Market, I felt helpless as my family were in NYC without me. I started to organize a quilt drive for our area while I was still in Houston.

Once home, I realized how seriously the storm affected my neighborhood, my friends, and fellow New Yorkers, CT, PA and NJ... Homes have been wiped off the face of the earth, people are cold, and wet, and we have rain and snow coming. I need to be able to help NOW.

I just had a call from Raul Russi, Head of the Acacia Network, whom I had previously partnered with on my BUMBLEBEANSBASICS.com Quilt Drive for homeless families being taken out of shelters and put into transitional housing.

He said, "We have 150-200 quilts here, right now. And since the rest of my families are INSIDE already, can we deliver these quilts in our medical trucks to the people in the Rockaways, NOW?" I said, "YES! Let's go!"